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Technical Paper: Life Cycle Assessment of Hydrogen Production via Natural Gas Steam Reforming - 2001

Spath, Pamela L.
Mann, Margaret K.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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 Table of Contents

Units of Measure 1
Abbreviations and Terms 2
1.0 Introduction 3
2.0 Hydrogen Plant Description and Assumptions 3
3.0 System Boundaries and Major Assumptions 5
4.0 Construction Material Requirements 7
5.0 Natural Gas Composition and Losses 8
6.0 Results 9
  6.1 Air Emissions 9
6.2 Greenhouse Gases and Global Warning Potential 11
6.3 Energy Consumption and System Energy Balance 11
6.4 Resource Consumption 14
6.5 Water Emissions 15
6.6 Solid Waste 16
7.0 Sensitivity Analysis 16
8.0 Impact Assessment 22
9.0 Improvement Opportunities 22
10.0 Conclusions 23
11.0 References 24